AprilNEA/OpenLogi · error

--output directory name must exactly equal --id

Error message

--output directory name must exactly equal --id

What it means

The `--output` path's final directory component must be exactly equal to the `--id` value. Synthetic fixture directories are identified by their directory name, so mismatched output dir vs id would create an inconsistent fixture. Caught up front in `validate_args`.

Solutions

1. Rename the output directory's last component to match `--id` exactly (including case).
2. Or change `--id` to equal the existing output directory name if that name is already correct.
3. Create the target dir with the id as its name: `mkdir -p out/$(id)` and pass `--output out/<id>`.

Example fix

// before
openlogi fixture contribute --id mx-master --name "MX Master" --output out/mx-master-3
// after
openlogi fixture contribute --id mx-master --name "MX Master" --output out/mx-master

[ "$(basename "$OUT")" = "$ID" ] || { echo "--output dir name must equal --id" >&2; exit 1; }

When it happens

Trigger: e.g. `--id mx-master --output ./out/mx-master-3` or `--output ./out/other-name` — any case where `Path::new(output).file_name() != id`.

Common situations: Reusing a previous output directory name while changing the id, or copying a command line and editing only one of the two flags.

Understand the failure class

Background: "Must be a positive integer", "Invalid value", "Unsupported": the invalid-argument-value error family, when a library rejects the value you pass — this error's family across 35 libraries.

Related errors

• saved contribution profile does not match its resumable…
• --id must be a nonempty synthetic path component
• --id must be one synthetic path component without separators
• --name must be a nonempty synthetic device name
• --id and --name must match the in-progress contribution

AI-assisted analysis of AprilNEA/OpenLogi@e846e6f4b4 (2026-09-13). Data as JSON: /api/errors/14d4fae1bfa85160. Report an issue: GitHub.

Appendix: source

Thrown at crates/openlogi-cli/src/cmd/fixture/contribute.rs:459

        )
    }
}

fn validate_args(args: &ContributeArgs) -> Result<()> {
    if args.id.trim().is_empty() || matches!(args.id.as_str(), "." | "..") {
        bail!("--id must be a nonempty synthetic path component");
    }
    if Path::new(&args.id).file_name() != Some(OsStr::new(&args.id))
        || args.id.contains('/')
        || args.id.contains('\\')
    {
        bail!("--id must be one synthetic path component without separators");
    }
    if args.name.trim().is_empty() {
        bail!("--name must be a nonempty synthetic device name");
    }
    if args.output.file_name() != Some(OsStr::new(&args.id)) {
        bail!("--output directory name must exactly equal --id");
    }
    Ok(())
}

fn validate_state(args: &ContributeArgs, state: &ContributionState) -> Result<()> {
    if state.version != STATE_VERSION {
        bail!("unsupported contribution state version {}", state.version);
    }
    if state.fixture_id != args.id
        || state.profile_id != format!("{}-profile", args.id)
        || state.profile_name != args.name
    {
        bail!("--id and --name must match the in-progress contribution");
    }
    Ok(())
}

fn read_json<T: serde::de::DeserializeOwned>(path: &Path, asset: &str) -> Result<T> {

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